The Accused (Secrets to Keep #2), book #24

 

Yep, you read that right -- book #2.  Let's back up.  As you remember from this last post  I said I was going to skip book #2 (remember, these are not cheap Kindle books) and go straight to book #3.  Well, I did. But as I was reading it, I realized THINGS HAPPENED in book 2 that I felt like I needed to know the back story.  I was about 30% through book 3 and I thought to myself ... Self, are you going to stop where you are and go back and read book 2?  Should I wait until I finish this book before I go back?  Or do I need to stop right now and see what happened, then come back and pick this up?  ... After reading another chapter or two I realized I did indeed need to go back RIGHT NOW and read book 2.  I'm really enjoying the author's writing/story/characters so why not?

So here is where it gets a little weird.  Maybe it's my fault for not reading the summary, but the book was really not about what I thought it was going to be about.  Don't get me wrong, it was still a great book!  It's just that what I thought it was going to be about the THINGS HAPPENED things, was only a very small subplot of the book.  But I'm still glad I read it, because I do love most everything about this series.  

I love how she occassionally throws in big words that I have to look up.  I love the character developement.  I love the plots and how it all comes together.  The only thing I don't like is that this amazing story that you have been so invested in wraps up really fast on the last or next to last page.  There is no Epilogue or breathing room once you see how it all ends up.  But other than that, I highly recommend these books!  

When a popular college student is murdered, her international roommate, Anneliese, becomes a prime suspect. But law professor Margeaux Robbins doesn't believe that the quiet, lonely German girl in her class is the killer.  Chase Crandall is a burned-out defense attorney ready to extricate himself from the grind of criminal law. After he loses a client to tragedy, he's ready for an in-house corporate position.  When Chase is assigned to Anneliese's case, Margeaux is horrified. She doesn’t want him to provide legal counsel—not after what happened to his past client. And not with the evidence incriminating Anneliese.  Despite their mutual misgivings, the lawyer and professor pair up to find the killer and prove Anneliese's innocence. Will they be able to untangle the mystery—and navigate their growing interest in one another—before the wrong person is charged with murder?  (picture and description at Amazon)

Now back to book 3!

Keep reading!

Melissa